TRIPOLITANIA, WHERE ROME RESUMES SWAY
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IOLY BANNERS OF A NEGRO FESTIVAL
After the men have finished one of their ceremonial dances at the Negro mosque, the
women form around the holy flags and two of their number pull the banners out of the sand
and carry them off to the city (see text, page 140).
Photographs by Gordon Casserly
A NEGRO ORCHESTRA AT A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN TRIPOLI
The dancing is usually accompanied by the thumping of large hand drums which suggest
gigantic tambourines. To the rhythmic heat of these instruments the Negroes still perform the
symbolic dances brought by their ancestors from the Sudan.